The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has today (16 October) been forced to defend itself against accusations of racial discrimination, as it emerges that black and Muslim lawyers are considering launching a breakaway watchdog.
The SRA has been dragged into the politically-sensitive row after the Association of Muslim Lawyers (AML) and the Society of Black Lawyers unearthed figures claiming that 63% of the SRA’s misconduct investigations last year came against solicitors from ethnic minority backgrounds.
